Trans-Europe--Express: Logic meets Logistics at Kaiserbahnhof !

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DB Mobility Logistics AG Sponsoring Potsdamer Platz 2 10785 European Rapid Chess Tournament Änderungen vorbehalten 13 and 14 October 2012 Einzelangaben ohne Gewähr Kaiserbahnhof Potsdam Stand: 05.10.2012

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Date: 13 October 2012, 9:30 am – On 13 and 14 October 2012, Deutsche Bahn is organising an 14 October 2012, 4:00 pm international rapid chess tournament at Kaiserbahnhof in Potsdam in cooperation with the German Chess Federation Venue: Kaiserbahnhof Potsdam and the Emanuel Lasker Society. The tournament is entitled (DB Akademie GmbH, Am Neuen Palais 1, “Trans-Europa Chess Express – Logic meets Logistics”. 14469 Potsdam)

Over the course of the 150-year history of the European Form: Invitation tournament with 8 national East-West Rail Corridor, the railway has not only enabled the teams and one team from the Emanuel ex­change of goods and thus promoted economic develop- Lasker Society ment, but also encouraged the people of Europe to travel and therefore promoted cultural integration. These cultural links Rules: The tournament will be played as a round ro- between European nations also include chess and it was no bin according to the FIDE rapid chess rules. mere coincidence that the first international chess tourna- ments in 1851 and 1862 were held in the , Time control: 20 min per player/match and 5 sec bonus the birthplace of the railway. for each move

However, we are not only committed to upholding tradition, Prizes: Non-cash prizes but also firmly believe in the future of the railway as an inte- gral part of a European transport network. To demonstrate our belief in this future, we have invited chess-playing railway employees, young people and famous Chess Grandmasters from Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic, , Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Germany to take part.

An international team put together by the Emanuel Lasker Society will also compete, representing Emanuel Lasker, the Live! German-Jewish World Champion record holder and globetrot- ter. The Emanuel Lasker Society will also present an exhibi- On www.trans-europa-schach-express.de, there is a live tion commemorating the eventful life and extensive travels of commentary of 8 matches per round. Emanuel Lasker. The broadcasting by game­viewer and audiostream starts on Oct 13, 2012, 10:00 am. Deutsche Bahn, the Emanuel Lasker Society and the German Chess Federation welcome you and wish you an interesting Live commentators are the International Grandmasters weekend and a fascinating chess tournament! Dr Helmut Pfleger, Klaus Bischoff and Raj Tischbierek.

4 5 Programme Teams

Friday, 12 October 2012 Each of the national teams consists of 8 players and is up to 8.00 pm Arrival ­headed by an International (GM) or Inter­ Dinner at the hotel national Master (IM) from the country concerned. Three young players (U16) and four chess-playing railway Saturday, 13 October 2012 ­employees from the country complete each team. 9.30 am Welcome in the auditorium 10.00 am 1st round in “Gleishalle” 11.10 am 2nd round in “Gleishalle” Russian Federation rd 12.20 am 3 round in “Gleishalle” Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (GM) 1.30 pm Lunch 2.30 pm 4th round in “Gleishalle” Republic of Poland Dariusz Swiercz (GM) 3.40 pm 5th round in “Gleishalle”

5.30 pm Simultaneous blindfold event Czech Republic “Philidor in Potsdam” (GM) begins 8.00 pm Gala dinner in “Gleishalle”

Sunday, 14 October 2012 Republic of Austria (GM) 9.30 am 6th round in “Gleishalle”

10.40 am 7th round in “Gleishalle” Swiss Confederation 11.50 am 8th round in “Gleishalle” Oliver Kurmann (IM) 1.00 pm Lunch Kingdom of the Netherlands 2.00 pm 9th round in “Gleishalle” Jan Hendrikus Timman (GM)

3.15 pm Presentation of prizes and official closing United Kingdom of Great Britain ceremony in the auditorium and Northern Ireland 4.00 pm Blitz chess tournament (optional) or Nigel David Short (GM) alternatively visit to “FRIEDERISIKO” exhibition, Federal Republic of Germany begins 7.30 pm Dinner Dr Robert Hübner (GM)

Monday, 15.October 2012 Emanuel Lasker Society Elisabeth Pähtz (WGM) Breakfast at the hotel, departure

6 7 Российская Федерация Rzeczpospolita Polska Russian Federation Republic of Poland

International Grandmaster International Grandmaster Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov Dariusz Swiercz

ELO 2616 ELO 2610 1951 born in Zlatoust/Russia 1994 born in Tarnowskie Gory/Poland 1970 International Grandmaster 2009 International Grandmaster 1975 to 1985 Chess World Champion 2010 Third place in Junior World Championship 1986, 1987, 1990 World Championship Candidate 2011 Junior World Champion 1993 to 1999 FIDE World Champion

Team Team z IM Grigory Oparin (U16m, ELO 2484) z Grzegorz Nasuta (U16m, ELO 2256) z IM Mikhail Antipov (U16m, ELO 2457) z Bartosz Nowicki (U16m, ELO 2128) z WFM Anna Vasenina (U16f, ELO 1989) z Kinga Pastuszko (U16f, ELO 1895) z FM Alexander Shelk (Railway employee, ELO 2348) z Edward Helaszek (Railway employee, ELO 2059) z Pavel Petrov (Railway employee, ELO 2160) z Slawomir Pawlowski (Railway employee, ELO 2098) z Armen Abramian (Railway employee) z Ryszard Wiatr (Railway employee) z Sergei Degtiarev (Railway employee) z Marek Kosny (Railway employee, ELO 1961) z Viacheslav Kuritsyn (Railway employee, substitute) z Adam Lukomski (Railway employee, substitute)

8 9 Česká republika Republik Österreich Czech Republic Republic of Austria

International Grandmaster International Grandmaster Vlastimil Hort Stefan Kindermann

ELO 2463 ELO 2492 1944 born in Kladno/Czech Republic 1959 born in Vienna/Austria 1965 International Grandmaster 1988 International Grandmaster 1978 World Championship Candidate 1995 Winner of Zone Tournament 2006 Senior World Champion 1997 World Championship Candidate

Team Team z Jana Marikova (U16f, ELO 2002) z FM Christoph Menezes (U16m, ELO 2303) z Nastasa Richterova (U16f, ELO 1945) z Martin Christian Huber (U16m, ELO 2150) z Nicola Luzikova (U16f, ELO 1778) z Laura Hiebler (U16f, ELO 1790) z FM Michal Horak (Railway employee, ELO 2291) z Andreas Egger (Railway employee, ELO 2116) z FM Martin Muzik (Railway employee, ELO 2139) z Hans Jürgen Jarius (Railway employee, ELO 2064) z Petr Travnicek (Railway employee, ELO 2119) z Bernhard Mühlbacher (Railway employee, ELO 2068) z Alois Bartos (Railway employee, ELO 2074) z Michael Sulzenbacher (Railway employee) z Libor Blatsky (Railway employee, substitute) z Bernhard Winterle (Railway employee, substitute)

10 11 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Koninkrijk der Nederlanden Swiss Confederation Kingdom of the Netherlands

International Master International Grandmaster Oliver Kurmann Jan Hendrikus Timman

ELO 2450 ELO 2578 1985 born in Luzern/Switzerland 1951 born in Amsterdam/Netherlands 1999 Swiss U14 Master 1974 International Grandmaster 2004 Swiss Junior Master 1986 and 1989 World Championship Candidate 2007 International Master 1993 World Champion Runner-Up

Team Das Team z FM Lars Rindlisbacher (U16m, ELO 2334) z Jorden van Foreest (U16m, ELO 2225) z Patrick Grandadam (U16m, ELO 2193) z Hing Ting Lai (U16m, ELO 2102) z Laura Stoeri (U16f, ELO 2043) z Anna Maja Kazarian (U16f, ELO 1864) z Bruno Zanetti (Railway employee, ELO 2012) z FM Menno Okkes (Railway employee, ELO 2382) z Daniel Reist (Railway employee, ELO 2080) z Herbert van Buitenen (Railway employee, ELO 2182) z Edgar Fuchs (Railway employee) z Jos Nooijen (Railway employee, ELO 2127) z Fritz Jäggi (Railway employee) z Kees Jan van Dolder (Railway employee) z Martin Sonnenmoser (Railway employee, substitute) z Karel Jeurissen (Railway employee, substitute)

12 13 United Kingdom of Great Bundesrepublik Deutschland Britain and Northern Ireland Federal Republic of Germany

International Grandmaster International Grandmaster Nigel David Short Dr Robert Hübner

ELO 2707 ELO 2581 1965 born in Leigh/England 1948 born in Cologne/Germany 1984 International Grandmaster 1971 International Grandmaster 1985 World Champion Candidate 1971, 1980, 1983 and 1991 World Champion Candidate 1993 World Champion Runner-Up 1980 Third in world rankings

Team Team z Peter A. Williams (U16m, ELO 2238) z IM Dennis Wagner (U16m, ELO 2445) z Alan B. Merry (U16m, ELO 2221) z IM Alexander Donchenko (U16m, ELO 2394) z Chantelle L. Foster (U16f, ELO 1853) z WFM Filiz Osmanodja (U16f, ELO 2198) z Graham Bolt (Railway employee, ELO 2063) z Rüdiger Schüttig (Railway employee, ELO 2273) z Tim Turner (Eisenbahner) z Andreas Haasler (Railway employee, ELO 2260) z Richard Cowan (Railway employee, ELO 1816) z Arvid Grahl (Railway employee, ELO 2218) z Peter Eldridge (Railway employee) z Andreas Ilgner (Railway employee, ELO 2156) z Alan Giles (Railway employee, substitute) z Dr Richard Lutz (Railway employee, substitute, ELO 2250)

14 15 Tournament venue Emanuel Lasker Gesellschaft Kaiserbahnhof Potsdam, Emanuel Lasker Society the Imperial Station

International Grandmaster Deutsche Bahn AG has provided the organisers with a Elisabeth Pähtz uniquely fitting venue for the tournament at the stylish and historic Kaiserbahnhof station in Potsdam. As part of the Potsdam Park Sanssouci station complex, it is located close to the New Palace and on the border of the large palace gardens. The building was designed by the royal court architect Ernst von Ihne and erected in 1909.

Over the years, Kaiserbahnhof has seen the arrival of many famous visitors, from a US President to Tsar Nicholas II, who arrived in the Royal Train in 1910. This was also the station from which Empress Auguste Viktoria, wife of the last German monarch, followed her husband into exile in the Netherlands ELO 2482 on 27 November 1918. 1985 born in /Germany 2002 U18 World Champion After World War II, the Soviet military command used the station as a terminus for the “Blue Express”, the train which 2004 Junior World Champion Runner-Up ran between Moscow and Berlin. From 1952 onwards, 2005 Junior World Champion Runner-Up the building lost its significance and was used for various purposes by the East German authorities. Latterly, it served as a storage shed and gradually fell into disrepair. It ultimately had to be closed in 1977 as it was Das Team unsafe. z GM Martin Krämer (ELO 2520) Finally, in 2005 the station was completely restored by Deutsche Bahn AG and has been used as a management z IM Gernot Gauglitz (ELO 2390) training facility, DB Akademie, since then. Neither the z Dr Daniel Eisermann grounds nor the station are open to the public. z FM Alexander Kurz (ELO 2292) z Herbert Bräunlin (ELO 2230) z Dr Gerhard Köhler (ELO 2160) z Dr Matthias Kribben (ELO 2128) z Dr Tim Hagemann (substitute, ELO 2165)

16 17 Séance: “Philidor in Potsdam”

A chess genius resurrected! Harry Schaak

Simultaneous blindfold chess on 3 boards with Chess Grandmaster Stefan Kindermann in the role of Philidor.

Conférencier: Philidor biographer Susanna Poldauf His entourage also includes his second, the notorious Supporting roles: FIDE Master Dijana Dengler and Paul Monsieur Légal, as well as Philidor’s charming but Werner Wagner, Chairman of the Emanuel Lasker Society mysterious companion Madame D. We will also experience Music: Barabara Kind (soprano), Matthias Klünder the sensational singer Barbarella Infante and the famous (harpsichord) harpsichordist Mathieu le Klué, who will delight us with arias from Philidor’s operas in a performance the like of At Kaiserbahnhof, Grandmaster Stefan Kindermann which has never been heard before in the whole of Prussia! and Philidor biographer Susanna Poldauf present the 18th - century master player: François-André Danican Philidor – chess genius, opera composer, author of books and blindfold chess player.

After his legendary performance before the Prussian King Frederick the Great in the nearby Palace of Sanssouci, Philidor will also pay us the honour of a visit and let us witness his phenomenal mental capabilities, when he challenges 3 members of the audience to simultaneous chess matches which he will play blindfold.

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